7 million for consultancy. Doesn't seem that convincing.
On top of Valverde claiming he never received any reports despite that being stated as the service being sold.
This is a bit more dodgy than people are claiming.
This is not how that EV comment came across
Was more along lines they could very well exist, but they're not significant. He said he doesnt remember them as never bothered to look at them and that is tantamount to him never knowing whether or not they continued to supply them, or their contents. Let alone how much anyone was being paid and for what. Goes along line of claiming it's just a bunch of stats everyone gets. But what they actually were and how OK this was on grounds of being affiliated with PGMOL with money under the table for the service rather than on books makes it dodgy.
https://en.as.com/soccer/what-ex-ba...-valverde-said-about-the-barcagate-scandal-n/
In best interpretation that last 3 years for which 1.4-1.7 is cited is basically Barto cutting expenses on books again to inflate net profit and it comes out looking like Barca paid PGMOL off books to reassess refs and readjust standards.
And, not to forget, this dates back 17 years, not just the last 3 seasons when Negreira was on the committee.
Barca were paying an active refereeing committee member to supply information and, possibly, to 'maintain balance of decisions'.
Quite embarrassing based on what we know
